Quinton Lucas
Quinton Lucas | |
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Lucas in 2021 | |
| 55th Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri | |
| Assumed office August 1, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Sly James |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 19, 1984 Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Education | Washington University (BA) Cornell University (JD) |
Quinton Donald Lucas (born August 19, 1984) is an American politician elected in 2019 as the 55th mayor of Kansas City, Missouri. He is a member of the Democratic Party, and is the city's third African-American mayor. Before his election, Lucas was a private practice lawyer, community leader, city council member, and a lecturer on law at Washington University School of Law. He was a volunteer instructor at prisons in New York and Kansas, where he taught courses on constitutional law.